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Wednesday, September 26, 2012

New Cell Phone Cases - The Location Tracking Mess Continues

Earlier this year, this blog reported on United States v. Jones. In that case, the Supreme Court threw out the conviction of Washington D.C. drug kingpin, Antoine Jones, on the basis the FBI had failed to obtain a warrant before attaching a GPS tracking device to Mr. Jones's car. Therefore, the defendant's Fourth Amendment rights protecting him from unreasonable search and seizure had been violated, and the conviction was thrown out. Since that ruling, there have been several related developments, with two major publications recently commenting on the confused state of affairs that has been created by the multiple ways there are to track an individual.

Comment: Unfortunately, the muddled state of affairs is the direct result of laws not keeping up with technology. As a consequence, the courts are being forced to do the jobs of legislators. Like many parts of Geospatial Revolution, awareness and engagement is needed from leaders on all levels, or this situation is only going to get worse.

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